At St. Croix Hospice, the Social Worker plays a vital role on the patient care team, offering compassionate emotional and practical support to patients and their families in accordance with each individual’s Plan of Care. This position involves meeting with patients and their loved ones, working collaboratively with the clinical team, and helping families access the appropriate community resources and services they need.
If you're a compassionate Social Worker who values meaningful patient connections and autonomy in your practice, we’d love to meet you.
Qualifications
Social Worker Requirements & Core Responsibilities:
- Bachelor’s degree in social work from an institution accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
- Current Social Work licensed in the state(s) of practice
- Five (5) licensure levels:
- Certified Social Worker (CSW)
- Certified Advanced Practice Social Worker (CAPSW)
- Certified Independent Social Worker (CISW)
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
- Social Work Training Certificate (SWTC)
- Ability to pass background, consumer report, and drug test.
- Conduct psychosocial assessments, identify safety or support needs, and provide resources, referrals, and care planning support for patients and families.
- Provide counseling, crisis intervention, and bereavement support, including follow up for at risk individuals and coordination of bereavement activities.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team, maintain accurate documentation, support cultural and end of life needs, liaise with community agencies, and ensure HIPAA compliance.
- Must have reliable transportation, valid driver’s license, and proof of auto insurance
- Schedule: M-F 8:00am to 5:00pm, Full-time position.
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Company-paid short/long-term disability and basic life insurance.
- 401(k) with up to 4% company match.
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities.
- Paid time off and paid holidays.
About the company
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St. Croix Hospice provides hospice services to patients, their families and caregivers across 80-plus branches and 10 states — Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
Hospice care provides comfort and quality of life for patients with a terminal diagnosis when a cure is no longer an option. The expert St. Croix Hospice team provides specialized care which supports the physical, social, emotional and spiritual needs of hospice patients, carrying out end-of-life wishes with dignity and respect.
St. Croix Hospice expertly manages and bring comfort care to end-stage diseases, wherever a patient considers home. The hospice team includes physician services, skilled nursing, hospice aides, social work, spiritual care, bereavement, music therapy, massage therapy, pet therapy and volunteers.
Hospice care is covered by Medicare, Medicaid and most private insurance. No St. Croix Hospice patient is denied care based on their inability to pay.